EPZ Ethics of Climate Change Right and Wrong in a Warming World

Name: EPZ Ethics of Climate Change Right and Wrong in a Warming World
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ISBN: 9780826497376

ISBN-10: 0826497373

ISBN-13: 9780826497376

Edition: 2008

Authors: James Garvey, Jeremy Stangroom

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Description:

This book explores the philosophical implications of and for this hugely topical contemporary debate.

Book details

List price: $30.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
Publication date: 3/21/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 186
Size: 5.06" wide x 7.81" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Introduction



A Warmer World


Strange changes


Consensus


Sound science


Prospects



Right and Wrong


Philosophy and morality


The importance of giving reasons


Justifying moral beliefs


Consistency, moral theories, intuitions


Environmental ethics



Responsibility


Agency and spatial and temporal complexities


The prisoner's dilemma and the tragedy of the commons


Historical principles of justice


Present entitlements and capacities


Sustainability



Doing Nothing


Uncertainty


Costs


Technological rescue


Waiting for others to act


Urgency



Doing Something


Criteria of moral adequacy


UNFCCC and Kyoto


Equal per capita shares


Comparable burdens



Individual Choices


Consistency again


Psychological barriers


Individual action


Civil disobedience


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index